Shaving-cup



THOMAS E. HUGHES, OF BIRMINGHAM, PENNSYLVANIA.

/ SHAVING-CUP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,085, dated May 1, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. HUGHES,

of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and Improved Shaving-Cup; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of a soap box andlooking glass, with a water cup, the whole being combined andconstructed in the manner hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is a side view of my improvedshaving cup. Fig. 2 is a cut or sectional view of my improved shavingcup.

(a is the water cup, (b) is the soap box, (c) 1s the lid of the soap boxand is furnished with a looking glass (A), (c) is the clasp used forholding the lid down to its place on the soap box, (f) is the hinge ofthe lid (c), (d) is the clasp of the soap box, and is used for thepurpose of holding the box to its place over the cup, (g) is the hingeof the soap box, which may be moved to the right or left, (71,) is thehandle of the water cup.

The dotted lines marked m represent the lid raised up.

The operation of my improved shaving cup is as follows: Raise up the lidand move the soa-p box to the right or left, ll the cup with warm water,make the lather in the soap box in the usual manner. By moving the boxso as to leave the water cup about half uncovered the lather will bekept warm and moist which is a very desirable thing in shaving.

Having thus described the nature, construction and operation of myimprovement, what I claim as of my invention and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States is- The shaving cup as a new articleof manufacture consisting of soap cup, mirror and Water receptacle,arranged and constructed as herein described and set forth.

THOS. E. HUGHES.

Vitnesses:

JAMES J. JOHNSTON,

GEORGE I). STECK.

